Compare the presentation of those in power in ‘Macbeth’, ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’.
In this essay I am writing to compare those in power of ‘Macbeth’, ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ specifically in terms of gender, class and status also the good and evil power in the context of the 16th and 19th century.
Shakespeare opens the play ‘Macbeth’ with witches. I think he does this to show how great the power of evil can be. The weather is described as ‘thunder and lightning’ which relates to the power of evil that the witches bring. Also he does this to give us the impression that something bad is about to happen. E.g. when they meet again, the weather will be ruthless. This idea also conveys that you don’t quite know what’s going to happen, this gives us the impression that the audience in the 16th century would be on edge. Also this gives the impression of …show more content…
We see this when he says after strangling her ' I untightened next the tress' and 'propped her head up as before'. This shows that now she is dead, he is in control of her, therefore has all the power at the given time. The sentence 'propped her head up as before' shows that he wants to re-live the moment before he strangled her. ‘Propped’ shows that he is now in control of her and she is like a doll. He thinks that he has saved her from committing sins like giving herself to another man, when she is already married.
In the poem ‘My Last Duchess’ power is presented at the beginning when Browning writes ‘I call that piece a wonder now’. The word ‘piece’ implies that she is not a real person and that she was his possession. Overall this shows how society was at the time of the poem and demonstrates that the male society was dominant over women’s. Women in Victorian times were considered as objects and not people. Whereas in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ women were seen in the same way, just objects to serve their
In this essay I am writing to compare those in power of ‘Macbeth’, ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ specifically in terms of gender, class and status also the good and evil power in the context of the 16th and 19th century.
Shakespeare opens the play ‘Macbeth’ with witches. I think he does this to show how great the power of evil can be. The weather is described as ‘thunder and lightning’ which relates to the power of evil that the witches bring. Also he does this to give us the impression that something bad is about to happen. E.g. when they meet again, the weather will be ruthless. This idea also conveys that you don’t quite know what’s going to happen, this gives us the impression that the audience in the 16th century would be on edge. Also this gives the impression of …show more content…
We see this when he says after strangling her ' I untightened next the tress' and 'propped her head up as before'. This shows that now she is dead, he is in control of her, therefore has all the power at the given time. The sentence 'propped her head up as before' shows that he wants to re-live the moment before he strangled her. ‘Propped’ shows that he is now in control of her and she is like a doll. He thinks that he has saved her from committing sins like giving herself to another man, when she is already married.
In the poem ‘My Last Duchess’ power is presented at the beginning when Browning writes ‘I call that piece a wonder now’. The word ‘piece’ implies that she is not a real person and that she was his possession. Overall this shows how society was at the time of the poem and demonstrates that the male society was dominant over women’s. Women in Victorian times were considered as objects and not people. Whereas in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ women were seen in the same way, just objects to serve their